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([2604:2000:14c3:32e:98d0:9301:f9d0:c7de]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r17-v6sm8891290qkr.78.2018.09.15.14.50.49 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 15 Sep 2018 14:50:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16A366) In-Reply-To: <874leq4ntg.fsf@fcs20.keithdiane.us> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::72c X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:14879 Archived-At: In previous work on validated systems in pharma manufacturing monitoring set= tings, there=E2=80=99s the concept of not available (=E2=80=9CNAV=E2=80=9D) f= or measurements which is used in contrast to not applicable (=E2=80=9CNA=E2=80= =9D). We never used null/nil but always one of the above when describing mea= surements. Edwin Watkeys; 917-324-2435. > On Sep 15, 2018, at 14:28, Keith Wright wrote: >=20 > HiPhish writes: >=20 >> Not a fan of either, "nada" is not English, and "nix" is a slang term,=20= >> unlikely to be known to foreign speakers (I didn't know about it myself).= How=20 >> about "nihil", it's an inter-lingual term and close to "nil" in sound. >=20 > none?=20 >=20 >=20